Jaden (JRH) Posted June 3, 2021 Author Share Posted June 3, 2021 I do think cartridges like those are interesting. However, I think they would be a pain to catalogue. If someone else wants to do that, be my guest. But I'm mainly looking at "official" releases. Still, very cool that such a thing like that exists. I personally would like to see a cartridge with just the Namco conversions on them, since I'm a big Namco fan. Maybe one day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 10 hours ago, GoldenWheels said: Some handsome devil made me a Double Dragon/Rampage ROM hack double cart, that you switch games with a button. I understand that kind of thing won't be included on this list. But to be quite frank....I have far more interest in the awesome releases done kind of commando style here by the hardcore 7800 guys, than MANY of those 'more official' titles on the list. Jeez, we need a list JUST for Bob's stuff! The dual cart is *very* nice. It contains graphically updated versions - not "final" though - of both games. DD received some additional updates after the release and Rampage was never finalized; however, still a great improvement over the original graphics. The Commando cart I have next to it, several were made, and contains a PIN hole on the side to swap between NTSC and PAL regions: Both of course would not be under consideration for the list mentioned in this thread, but your posted comments reminded me of both of them. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 7 minutes ago, Trebor said: The dual cart is *very* nice. It contains graphically updated versions - not "final" though - of both games. DD received some additional updates after the release and Rampage was never finalized; however, still a great improvement over the original graphics. The Commando cart I have next to it, several were made, and contains a PIN hole on the side to swap between NTSC and PAL regions: Both of course would not be under consideration for the list mentioned in this thread, but your posted comments reminded me of both of them. @Trebor You have all the cool carts! I must have still been under that rock when some of these came out (Pac-Carts and the two above). 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Defender_2600 Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Trebor said: Both of course would not be under consideration for the list mentioned in this thread, but... We really need new transparent shells for these wonderful CPUWIZ's boards... Edited June 3, 2021 by Defender_2600 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 @Defender_2600 I did not miss out on the Sirius & Plutos carts. I even have the boxes (from Marc Oberhäuser). 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 Another one that won't make the cut... 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaden (JRH) Posted June 4, 2021 Author Share Posted June 4, 2021 On 6/2/2021 at 7:05 AM, Trebor said: Prior to there being any Pac-Man Collection cart, circa 2005/2006, there were a variety of individual Pac-Man games that were released to cartridge, which ultimately would make up Pac-Man Collection: ... Prior to the development of Pac-Man Collection - 40th Anniversary Edition, around 10 years ago, there were individual "320" releases of Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man with POKEY sound. Graphically, they're not as polished as PMC 40th, but still great: I probably should have asked this earlier, but I'm curious. How were these Pac-Man games distributed? Were they sold independently by Bob, or someone else? I also wonder how many were produced of these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Jaden (JRH) said: I probably should have asked this earlier, but I'm curious. How were these Pac-Man games distributed? Were they sold independently by Bob, or someone else? I also wonder how many were produced of these. Bob produced and distributed them from what I recall. Though anyone feel free to correct that information if inaccurate. Being ~15 years ago and how exactly those games were distributed is not a strong memory for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 Yep, It was me. However once PMC was a thing, I tried to eliminate the stand-alone games as PCM had more nuances and the games were closer to the arcade than the stand alone games were. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Propane13 Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 Others missing from the list: * Possible Mission (granted, it's a hack, but I *believe* a few copies were sold.) * The High Score cartridge * Halloween cartridge (2007) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaden (JRH) Posted June 4, 2021 Author Share Posted June 4, 2021 I didn't count the high score cartridge since that's not a game, but a utility. However, I was completely unaware of a Halloween cartridge. I'll have to look into that a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Propane13 Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 5 hours ago, Jaden (JRH) said: I didn't count the high score cartridge since that's not a game, but a utility. However, I was completely unaware of a Halloween cartridge. I'll have to look into that a bit. Here's the link to the original thread: https://atariage.com/forums/topic/112011-it-is-coming-at-halloween/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 5 hours ago, Jaden (JRH) said: However, I was completely unaware of a Halloween cartridge. I'll have to look into that a bit. It's a demo. The original has the day and year mentioned, the below version has the year eliminated: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaden (JRH) Posted June 5, 2021 Author Share Posted June 5, 2021 I've decided to broaden the scope of the project, and now include all kinds of different cartridges. Not just homebrews are accounted for, but also ROM hacks, demos, utilities, and reproductions. Of course, I'm still looking for games that were actually sold in some large amount. This doesn't include one of a kind custom cartridges, which I feel would be do difficult to document (unless someone else wants to prove me wrong on that). The spreadsheet is still very much a work in progress, but I hope you guys like what's here so far. And I'm hoping that members here will get some use out of this information. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TWG0W3bmlJrtGmO5p9rLiCwYUyXIF4uqqOveJMSqeKI/edit?usp=sharing 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Defender_2600 Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 (edited) 30th anniversary 7800 MultI Cart #1 Edited June 5, 2021 by Defender_2600 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Defender_2600 Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 Atari 7800 30th Anniversary Multicart #2 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Defender_2600 Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 Pac Pollux 7800 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cousin Vinnie Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 (edited) I have 126 plus carts at the moment... this video shows 124 for of them- so thats close to 70 homebrews and weird little oddities. Maybe a good jumping off point. The list is in the video description Edited June 5, 2021 by Cousin Vinnie 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Defender_2600 Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 PAC NESTOR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 @Jaden (JRH) Some possible additions for your spreadsheet. Btw, thank you for creating this. ROM Hacks Kessel Attack (Asteroids Hack) Star Wars 7800 (Xevious Hack) Upcoming Releases E.X.O. Book Carts (maybe a new tab?) E.T. (Mentioned in @Cousin Vinnie Video ~23:07 mark) The Journey Of Snail 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cousin Vinnie Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 On 6/5/2021 at 2:20 PM, sramirez2008 said: @Jaden (JRH) Some possible additions for your spreadsheet. Btw, thank you for creating this. ROM Hacks Kessel Attack (Asteroids Hack) Star Wars 7800 (Xevious Hack) Upcoming Releases E.X.O. Book Carts (maybe a new tab?) E.T. (Mentioned in @Cousin Vinnie Video ~23:07 mark) The Journey Of Snail WANT 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 Think the last few posts have covered most of the carts I could think of that weren't in the list already. Will double check tonight hopefully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 On 6/2/2021 at 6:31 PM, Jaden (JRH) said: Oh wow, didn't know about these either! If the game inside is the same as the standard Baby Pac-Man release, then I don't think I'll be counting this as a separate entry. But still, these look great. I'll at least make a note of it on the spreadsheet. Late reply, but since I didn't see it clarified elsewhere: the game in the Baby Pac-Man carts is a 7800 port of the 1982 hybrid video / pinball game released by Bally/Midway. It's unrelated to the graphics hack version by the same name from many years prior. FWIW, the 7800 port of the arcade game is currently the only port there is on any platform. Definitely a unique point for inclusion 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaden (JRH) Posted August 7, 2021 Author Share Posted August 7, 2021 I mean, the artwork on those is the same as the regular Baby Pac-Man cartridge on the AtariAge store. And these are made by Bob himself. So, I think it's pretty easy to tell that it's not the hacked version. But still, thanks for clarifying. And thanks for reminding me to get back to work on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johannesmutlu Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 On 6/2/2021 at 5:21 PM, Defender_2600 said: https://atariage.com/store/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1024 "Crazy Otto was developed as an enhancement kit for Pac-man cabinets by General Computer Corporation (GCC). GCC also created an upgrade kit for Missile Command titled Super Missile Command, for which they were sued by Atari, but the suit was dropped and the two companies entered into a business arrangement. GCC went on to develop the arcade games Fight and Quantum for Atari, as well as games for the Atari 2600, 5200 and 7800 game consoles. As a drop-in upgrade for Pac-Man, Crazy Otto brought many changes to the game, although basic gameplay remained the same. Most notable is the main character (Crazy Otto) had legs and blue eyes. The monsters also have feet, as well as animated antennae. Other changes included new mazes, music, sound effects, and bonus fruit. Otto and his female counterpart were featured in three new intermissions, the last of which shows the arrival of baby Crazy Otto, "Junior". In October 1981 Crazy Otto was licensed to Midway, who had the rights to produce Pac-Man in North America. The only changes between Crazy Otto and Pac-Man are the visual representation of characters and various text strings. The decision was made to use the female character as the protagonist, and the game was renamed to Ms. Pac-Man. Ms. Pac-Man went on to become the most successful American-produced arcade game, selling 115,000 cabinets. Atari 7800 programmer Robert DeCrescenzo has taken Atari's version of Ms. Pac-Man for the 7800 and updated the graphics to match the Crazy Otto arcade game." This story reminds me about of the ‘after’deal betweeb between nintendo & falcon in wich was allowed to distribute their donkeykong clone called crazykong in europe in order to meet the demand for it,but once falcon were also sneaking distributed their game clone trough subsidaries in the us & japan,nintendo broked the contract with falcon and sewed them for contract infrightment and they were no longer allowed to even distribute their clone game in europe either,around 100.000 crazykong cabinets were confiscated by the state including sold cabinets and cabinets wich were only shipped. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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